Vending-machine.



No. 860,689. 7 PATENTED JULY 23, 1907-, W. H. PARKER.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1906.

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VENDING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. PARKER, OFPASSAIO, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO VENDING MACHINECOMPANY,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

VENDING-MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed May 4, 1906. Serial No. 315,257.

My invention relates to improvements in coin-controlled vendingmachines, and the object of my invention is to produce a safe, simpleand efficient machine which is adapted to carry a relatively largequantity of matches in boxes or similar packages, which has a posit-ivemeans for regulating the movement of the machine by the insertion of acoin, which has means for throwing out spurious coins such as ironwashers and the like, and which is adapted to operate positively todeliver the box of matches or other package which has been purchased.

My invention is particularly intended to produce a machine of thischaracter which has the goods for sale disposed on a rotatable table orplatform or support, and in which the mechanism for controlling androtating the support is so simple and positive that the machine can becheaply made and will not easily get out of repair.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of constructionand combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters and figures of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a front elevation of the complete machine; Fig. 2 is a planview with the top removed; Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a detail, sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 3;and Fig. 5 is a detail cross section through the delivery chute andconnected parts.

For convenience the machine is mounted in a containing case 10 andarranged within this case is a supporting platform 11 which connects bymeans of its shaft with a top piece 12, the two forming a support whichis carried by the shaft 13 and this is mounted in a bearing 14 carriedby a bracket or hanger 15 which is secured to the bottom of the case 10.The lower end of the shaft 13 connects by a gear 16 with a corresponding gear 17 on the horizontal shaft 18, this being mounted in a suitablebearing in the bracket 15 and provided at a point outside the casingwith a crank handle 19 by which it can be turned. The movement of thehandle shaft 18 and connected parts is controlled by a coin in themanner hereinafter described.

It will be understood of course, that the manner of connecting thehandle 19 with the turning support 11, 12, can be changed withoutaffecting the principle of the invention.

Connecting parts 11 and 12 and forming a part of the match box supportare the box holders or guides 20, which are open on the front side asshown clearly in Fig. 2, and I have shown twelve of theseverticallyarranged guides, though of course, a greater or less numbercan be used. The form of the guides is not very material, so long as itfits the corners of the boxes and keeps them in proper alinement. Theseguides 20 are widened on the back side and at the bottom as shown at 21,to provide for the stationary cam or inclined strip 22, which is securedto some stationary part of the structure and extends diagonally acrossthe bottom 11 and into the part 21 at a point opposite the dischargeopening 23, (see Fig. 5), so that when the table 11, 12, is revolved thelower box of a series contained in one of the guides 20 will engage thecam piece 22 and be forced out through the opening 23, (see Fig. 5), andwill slide down through the delivery chute 26 which extends outwardthrough the case 10. The opening 23 is made in a stationary band orguide strip 24 which encircles the lower part of the table 11, 12, andit is attached as shown at 25, to the case 10.. The cam piece 22 is alsoattached to this guide strip 24.

The controlling mechanism of the device is as fol lows: In the front ofthe case is a coin chute 27 which delivers into a coin carrier 28 (seeFig. 4) and the latter slides horizontally in a way 29 and is moved by ahandle 30 which slides in a slot 31 in the case 10. When the handle 30and carrier 28 are moved in one direction it carries the coin oppositethe coin chute 32, (see Fig. 4) into which the coin drops, to thecontrolling wheel, but if, instead of the coin an iron slug or washer isused, it is held up by the magnet 33 and so the machine is not operated,but the return of the coin carrier carries back the slug with it. Thedraw ing shows the carrier 28 returned manually, but obviously it can bespring-returned if desired, but no novelty is claimed for this feature.Below the coin chute 32 and attached to the shaft 18 is the controllingwheel made up of the two disks 33 and 33, the former being fast to theshaft 18 and the latter turning loose on the shaft and having the crankhandle 19 attached to it.

The controlling wheel has a pocket 34 to receive the 7 38 which ispivoted above the wheel (the pivot as shown being on the coin chute 32)and which engages notches 37 on the periphery of the wheel, there beinga notch for each one of the pockets 34 into which the pocket 34 issub-divided by the ribs 39 shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4. The pawl 38is inclined both ways at the part where it enters the notches 37, and itextends into the path of the coin 40 when the latter is in a pocket 34.

The operation then is as follows: When a coin has been deposited in thechute 32 and dropped to the position shown in Fig. 4, the operator turnsthe handle 19 and the pin 35 strikes the coin 40 and pushes the latteragainst the inclined part 38 of the pawl, thus lifting the pawl fromengagement with the wheel and permitting the wheel to turn until thepawl drops into the next notch. This movement will be suflicient to turnthe table 11, 12 far enough to cause a box of matches to be ejected inthe manner already described. As the operations are repeated the coinswill be constantly carried forward in the direction of the arrow in Fig.4, and eventually they drop out from the bottom of the wheel and can becaught in any suitable receptacle which can be arranged to receive them.

Having thus fully described my invention I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent,

1. A vending machine comprising a rotatable table havingmeans forturning it, a series of package guides vertically arranged on the table,an inclosing case for the table having an opening therethrough oppositethe side of the table, a guide strap carried by the inclosing case encircling the table and having an opening registering with the opening ofthe inclosing case and a cam piece fixed to a rigid support andextending over the table top opposite the said opening so as to engagethe lowermost packages in the said guides andarranged on an incline.

2.A vending machine comprising a table turning on a vertical axis, acontaining case for the table, means for supporting packages on thetable, a guide strap carried by the case and encircling the table, adelivery chute extending from near the table to a point outside thecase, means for turning the table, and a cam piece extending across thepath of the lowermost packages on the table at a point near the guidechute and arranged on an incline \VILLIAM H. PARKER.

Witnesses WARREN B. HUTCHINSON, FRANK L. STUBBS.

